# toad
## English
### Alternative forms

* tode (obsolete)
* twoad (archaic, dialectal)

### Etymology

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /toʊd/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /təʊd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊd
* Homophones: toed, towed

### Noun

toad (plural toads)
* An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
** 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 149:Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a fiddler with them, and some began dancing, while others fell to eating the Christmas fare on the table - some fried bacon, and some fried frogs and toads, and other nasty things which they had brought with them.
** 1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
    There's a killer on the road / His brain is squirmin' like a toad
* (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
* (derogatory) An ugly person.

#### Synonyms

* (amphibian): pad, paddock

#### Derived terms

* African clawed toad
* African common toad
* African giant toad
* African tree toad
* Alajuela toad (†Incilius periglenes)
* Almirante Trail toad (Incilius peripatetes)
* Amargosa toad (Anaxyrus nelsoni)
* American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
* Apennine yellow-bellied toad
* Arizona toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)
* arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus)
* Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
* black toad (Anaxyrus exsul)
* bombinator toad
* burrowing toads (Rhinophrynus spp.)
* Canadian toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys)
* cane toad (Rhinella marina)
* Central American toads (Ollotis spp.)
* Colorado River toad (Ollotis alvaria)
* common toad
* crucifix toad
* European toad (Bufo bufo)
* fire-bellied toad (Bombina) spp.)
* Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
* frog and toad
* golden toad (†Incilius periglenes)
* Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)
* green toad (Anaxyrus debilis)
* Gulf Coast toad (Ollotis nebulifer)
* horned toad (Ceratophrys spp.)
* horny toad (Phrynosoma spp.)
* Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis)
* marine toad (Rhinella marina)
* mephitic toad (Bufo calamita)
* midwife toad (Alytes spp.)
* Monte Verde toad (†Incilius periglenes)
* narrow-mouthed toads (Gastrophryne)
* North American toads (Anaxyrus spp.)
* oak toad (Anaxyrus quercicus)
* obstetrical toad, obstetric toad (Alytes spp.)
* odious as a toad
* orange toad (†Incilius periglenes)
* ornate horned toad
* pebble toad (Oreophrynella nigra)
* red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)
* red toad trillium (Trillium sessile)
* rush toad (Bufo calamita)
* sea toad
* shelt-toad, shield-toad
* Sonoran Desert toad (Ollotis alvaria)
* South American toads (Rhinella spp.)
* southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris)
* spadefoot toad
* strange-horned toad
* Surinam toad, Suriname toad
* Texas toad (Anaxyrus speciosus)
* toad bug (Gelastocoridae spp.)
* toadeater
* toadfish
* toad grass
* toad-grass (Juncus bufonius)
* toad in a hole, toad in the hole, toad-in-the-hole
* toadlike
* toadpole
* toad rush (Juncus bufonius)
* toad-spit
* toadstool
* toad-strangler
* toad trillium (Trillium sessile)
* toady
* Tonkin toad
* tree toad (Pedostibes spp.)
* true toad (Bufonidae spp.)
* Urungu toad (Sclerophrys urunguensis)
* walking toad (Bufo calamita)
* western toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
* Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)
* Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri)
* Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus)

#### Translations

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#### See also

* amphibian
* frog
* frosh/frosk
* paddock
* tadpole

### Verb

toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)
* (Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

### Anagrams

* DOTA, Dato, DotA, Dota, doat

## Estonian
### Noun

toad
* nominative plural of tuba

## Spanish
### Verb

toad
* second-person plural imperative of toar